Google app engine vs web hosting (unlimited traffic)

My current web hosting company offers me unlimited traffic, space etc. Why should I want google app engine?

What does it offer me more than traditional web hosting ?

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Your current web hosting doesn't actually offer you unlimited traffic or space. If you tried to run Facebook on it, your site would either not work or they'd find an excuse to drop you. Bandwidth, servers, and storage are expensive in large quantities.

Google App Engine and systems like it are suitable for massive, scalable sites. If you're fine with your current hosting, there's little reason to switch.

• The reliability of a big name like Google
• Faster hardware and better connections
• TrulyAlmost unlimited scalability

As with other answers above answers you get the reliability of a big name like Google and truly unlimited scalability but if you like your current webhost you could set up a Google App Engine Account to use as a bandwidth-limit free Content Delivery Network. If that's what your looking for then 24ways has a great article on how to set it up. I can vouch from personal experience that it is extremely reliable and easy to use.

Hope that helps,